Possibility of contracting HSV or HPV

[CommanMan27]

I am a male, 27. I never encountered any sexual activity so far. But recently I have had a body to body massage from a Masseuse (we are from India). During that, she briefly rubbed her genitals over my scrotum for a minute or less. She didn't have any visible active sores on her genital surface. When I asked about her medical conditions like STIs, she said she has nothing. But still very much concerned about contracting HSV or HPV.

Also, I inserted my finger inside her vagina for few seconds and pulled out immediately. I might have used the same hand for masturbating gently. Could there be any possibility that I might have contracted HSV or HPV?

I am so anxious for the past 2 days. Please help.

[auntiejessi]

The chances of you getting anything from a brief rub are very low. It's not zero, but it's certainly quite low. I wouldn't worry at all. Also, the skin on your scrotum is too thick for most germs to penetrate.

There is no risk at all from using the same hand you used to finger her to masturbate yourself. STDs don't transmit that way.

[CommanMan27]

Thank you auntiejessi for the clarification.

All of a sudden I developed a small rash on my leg calf. It's really itchy and burning a lot. Just a single red solid bump and it didn't look like watery blister. Today is Day 4 since the exposure.

My brother is a doctor. I told him about this rash and sent the picture. I also told him that I felt tired and mild body pain 2 days back. I didn't tell him about the massage incident and didn't ask anything about STDs. Still he said it could be some viral infection. Now I'm starting to worry it could be some STD.

So far I don't face any other rashes anywhere. Sometimes my ass cheek is itchy but it's usual for me.

I'm planning to take an HSV 1 and 2 test tomorrow.

Please give your thoughts on this.

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[auntiejessi]

Your thoughts are spiraling and your reaction is WAY out of proportion to the risk.

I don't know what's on your calf, but it's not herpes. There are hundreds of viruses that affect us - herpes is just one of them. It wouldn't be HPV, as you wouldn't see symptoms of that nearly this soon.

If you take a herpes test today, know that it is not telling you if you are newly infected. It looks for antibodies, and you won't have developed those already.

If you do test, get a type specific IgG test. The IgM test is very unreliable and shouldn't be used.

There are false positives on the hsv2 IgG test. Just go get the bump looked at instead.

I don't know why you are so panicked, but you don't need to be.